Mike Smith (The Wave Team)

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Living Ornaments interviews by Stephen Roper

Жыл бұрын

Mike joins at the Numan Arms as part of a Cedric Sharpley special, on his time with working with the great man and of course Mr Numan.
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@Scoobadal 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant! Great insights, thoroughly enjoyable

@mikeratcliffe1671 Жыл бұрын

I was so lucky to meet Cedric when I was collecting a returned ticket at an Ipswich concert in the early 90’s. I asked if I could meet Gary. But, he was in the top of the theatre doing a sound check. We went up to get my ticket signed. I didn’t meet Gary but I met Cedric. Lovely guy. Well done Liquid Engineers raising all that money, too. 👍

@dixgun Жыл бұрын

Glad there’s another chat with Mr. Smith. Long may they continue. Please get one with Mr. Herron as well, if he’s still with us.

@THIRV Жыл бұрын

Another fabulous conversation, thanks Mike and Steve. Great memories of Ced, and the thoughts around Gary’s journey through Berserker to M+S, the whys etc, is spot on. I think a lot of fans do feel the same way, but we don’t speak as well as you guys. And Mike was there! From my perspective, I absolutely felt that each album he did, WAS the right image, the right sound, the right style, At The Time. Some would say an artist should lead not follow, or be doing what everyone else is doing, but hey if you want a modicum of success, and if those sounds (Janet’s rhythm nation etc), sax (who can resist Dick Morrisseys playing), funky guitar work etc, is what people are listening to, then stop kinda what you do. or you’re out of step with music of that day. Tears for fears and others were treading that similar crunchy bass sequencer path, and many others were too. Yes, as you say, in hindsight, it feels like a series of mis steps from Warriors to M+S…. Then the sparse, un fussy sound of Sacrifice was Numan finding HIMSELF again, and not being over Produced…. But At The Time I’d still maintain those albums were the right thing. And cos it was Numan, there were usually two or three outstanding songs on each album, where his writing shone through. And of course Mike and Ian’s sounds and style really did sound great. And I play those songs today, quite often rather than anything done post Pure, as it’s somehow still fresher and more interesting to me. Yes of course the absolute hey day was Replicas, TPP, Telekon, we all agree, and we see that the Jagged to Intruder sound is Gary’s sound, what he loves, the fans love it, etc… some of us Like it…but don’t….Love it? That’s me, and Steve says similar. Mike too said he couldn’t do anything with that kind of sound. But really, it’s all good, what a journey. What a story. Every phase of the Numan career has plenty to say, and is peppered with good music. And hearing you guys talking about what some see in hindsight as the wilderness years, is great to hear. It had its place. It Belonged. And at the time, it was Now, it was Fresh, it had that Gary sound, it had brilliant soundscapes from Mike and Ian. It’s all good. Thanks chaps, si

@johnryder8464 Жыл бұрын

Gary's attempt to replicate the thin white Duke with the fury album was laughable by 1985 nobody cared about numan as unit sales illustrated. The fact that he now admits to have been trying to emulate Bowie means all of the criticisms levelled against him were justified.

@andybrown4361 Жыл бұрын

Great memories of Ced..👍

@charlesbull6188 Жыл бұрын

Cedric was such an underrated drummer along with Paul Gardner what a rhythm section just amazing

@blairscriven5218 Жыл бұрын

Interesting hearing about the writing and procedure on The Fury songwriting….👍

@outpost31737 Жыл бұрын

Great interview. Disagree regarding Numans success with the industrial noise. Outland sold more copies than Intruder. 79-81 pure class.

@stevebutterworth 10 ай бұрын

Superb

@johnryder8464 Жыл бұрын

Haha brilliant love Mikes description of those remixers with their hats on back to front 😂 The new stuff is dismal, Reznor did it years ago and did it well. Fenton layers every track with filler noise apart from one or two tracks it's forgettable dirge.